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Free Music Concerts

With funding support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Arts Commission administers the sponsorship of free concerts at community venues throughout Los Angeles County to provide access to quality music programming representing the diversity of County residents. Each of the Supervisor Board Offices provides funds to cover musician’s fees for approved concerts in their district at rates comparable to the American Federation of Musician’s pay scale for free concerts. The Arts Commission coordinates payments to musicians while Free Concert Presenters are responsible for communicating all information to the Arts Commission and musicians, coordinating all necessary production logistics, marketing the event, and effectively drawing the audience size as proposed in the application.

Free Concert Presenters

The Arts Commission accepts applications from community organizations interested in producing and marketing a free concert. Eligible organizations include Los Angeles County-based parks, libraries, hospitals, juvenile halls, probation camps, arts organizations, civic centers, senior citizen centers, and other non-profit performance venues. Applicants must be willing to coordinate all logistics, production and marketing of the event, and show that they can effectively bring in an appropriate audience size for their proposed concert to be considered.

Presenter applications for the Free Concerts in Public Sites program will become available on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 and will be due on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 4:00pm.  If you have any questions, contact publicevents@arts.lacounty.gov.

Musicians Roster

The Arts Commission administers the Musicians Roster, the only Internet database of vetted musicians in Los Angeles County. Please click on the link above to survey the musicians and music styles available for Free Concerts in Public Sites. Each listing includes audio samples and other details about each group. Organizations applying for Free Concert sponsorship are REQUIRED to select musicians/groups from the Musicians Roster.

ATTENTION MUSICIANS: If you are interested in submitting an application for your musical group to be included on the Arts Commission's Musicians Roster, please click on the link to the Musicians Roster at the top of this page for more information.

Free Concerts and Musicians Roster Application Timelines

The Free Concerts and Musician's Roster application timelines are listed below.

Application Type
Application Available
Application Deadline
For eligible organizations interested in producing and promoting a Free Concert:
July 2012-Oct 2012 Free Concert Presenters January 25, 2012 March 7, 2012
For Los Angeles County-based musicians interested in performing at Free Concerts:
Musicians Roster 2012-2015
February 8, 2012
March 21, 2012

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Free Concerts Application Guidelines for Presenters:
click here. 
Download the Arts Commission logos. For use in promotional publications by approved Free Concerts in Public Sites Presenters only.

2012 Free Concerts Application for Presenters:
click here
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Arts Commission Logos
Logo in MS-Word format
Logo in JPEG format - Black and White
Logo in JPEG format - Rose

Logo in JPEG format - Purple Plum
Logo in JPEG format - Green

Free Concerts Applications